CITY OF BAYONNE: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF BAYONNE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 63,000, over 11,730 connections.
How this compares nationally
36 total violations and 1 health-based ones put CITY OF BAYONNE at the 41th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,573 of 12,903.
How CITY OF BAYONNE compares within NJ
CITY OF BAYONNE's 1 health-based violations sit within the NJ average of 5.3, across 270 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF BAYONNE is from 2021-01-07 (health-based: 1995-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF BAYONNE's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is CITY OF BAYONNE's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF BAYONNE's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,573th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.